With its link to Russia and theme of soul collecting, made me wonder if the inspiration was Gogol's 'Dead Souls'. Could also have been the sort of mad idea Woody Allen would have written, though made it funnier. (Experience of being without a soul isn't really plumbed.) Film certainly inhabits its own little galaxy.
Paul Giamatti is as good we we've come to expect. He's supported by Emily Watson, Dina Korzun (The Last Resort) and David Strathairn as the somewhat diffident clinic director. Katheryn Winnick is the striking looking Russian actress.
A peculiar film which put me in mind of the rather better Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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